Nature and Health - Lecture by Terry Hartig
Date:
Lieu:
WSL Birmensdorf, Hörsaal
Organisé par:
WSL
Interventant/intervenante:
Prof. Dr. Terry Hartig (Professor of Environmental Psychology at the Institute for Housing and Urban Research, Uppsala University, Sweden)
Modérateur/modératrice:
Marcel Hunziker
Langue(s):
English
Type de manifestation:
Exposés et colloques
Public cible:
Anyone interested
Abstract:
The allied health sciences view the natural environment with ambivalence, as a source of harm and yet also as the fundament of life. An emergent theme in research on human health and the natural environment involves benefits of “nature,” perceived, valued, and engaged with as such, particularly by members of urbanized societies. In this presentation, I will describe the development of research concerned with nature experience and health as it involves the convergence of interests across multiple disciplines within the health, natural, and social sciences. This convergence is reflected in and supported by a general conceptual framework that organizes pathways between the natural environment and health into domains defined in terms of their relevance for human adaptation: that is, by causing harm, by building capacities, by restoring capacities, and by reducing harm. Together with an overview of the development of the pathway-domain framework, I will refer to different kinds of “nature-based interventions” that have drawn inspiration from the research done to date.
Outlook:
A second, more specific, colloquium towards the end of his stay about results of his work at WSL will be held on June 11th, 14.00-16.00 in the LG E5 (Bi).
Zoom Link
https://wsl.zoom.us/j/68503561828?pwd=QmpHRDFGeFdUaXBqY1VJMG04T2ZHQT09
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